Sports Injury Factured Tibia and Fibula
Title: Sports Injury Factured Tibia and Fibula
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 893 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Sports Injury Factured Tibia and Fibula
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 893 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Name and explanation of the injury
The lower leg has two bones that connect the knee to the ankle: the tibia and the Fibula. The tibia is the larger of the two bones and runs on the inside of the lower leg, it is the weight bearing bone. The Fibula is much smaller and runs along the outside of the lower leg (shin fracture).
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…showed last 75 words of 893 total…Fracture (anatomy)." Encarta 98: The Complete Multimedia Encyclopedia. CD Rom. New York. Microsoft, 1999.
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